Saturday, August 26, 2017

I love to read and beyond reading, I love to share what I have read with friends and people in my space.Writing good book reviews is one good way to share some value. It helps me solidify lessons learnt and scale it up by sharing and teaching it to others.Lessons from One minute manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson.The aim of the book is to help more people enjoy more success with less stress, it illustrates with a story how people work best with people from studies in medicine and behavioral science. lessons and excerpts from the book.'The essence of knowledge is , having it, to use it"- Confucius 'People who feel good about themselves produce good results'One minute manager notes that productivity equals quality and quantity of work done, quality is simply giving people and organization the product or service they really want and need.One minute goals lessons from the one minute manager , only spend more time with subordinate only at the beginning of a new task or responsibility for one minute goal setting.The first foundation for one minute management is one minute goal setting.Behavioral patterns : What is happening in observable ,measurable terms.A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening ..You need to get out of where you are and start solving your own problems...One minute Goal setting is simply...1. Agreeing on your goals2.Seeing what good behavior looks like 3. Write out each of your goals on a single sheet of paper using less than 250 words4. Read and reread each goal5. Take a minute every once in a while out of your day to look at your performance6. See whether or not your behavior matches your goalInstrumental to the one minute management tool kit is the one minute praisings. It helps people reach their full potential, catch them doing somehting right.Let your people expect feedback on performance and let them know you want them to succeed, feed back helps them succeed .keeping and sending records of progress helps assessment'The more consistently successful your people are, the higher you rise in the organization.The one minute praising work well when you 1. Tell people upfront that you are going to let them know how they are doing2. Praise people immediately3.Tell people what they did right- be specific4.Tell people how good you feel about what they did right and how it helps the organization and other people who work there.5.Stop for a moment of silence to let them "feel" how good you feel6. Encourage them to do more of the same7. Shake hands or touch people in a way that makes it clear you support their success in the organization.Obviously a one minute manager becomes the best trainer of people.The thirds secret shared by the successful manager is the one minute reprimand which is boiled down into 2 parts the first half and the second half.It really works when you let people know beforehand that you are going to let them know in no uncertain terms how they are doing.# Reprimand people immediately # Tell people what they did wrong and be specific about it# Clearly tell people how you feel about what they did wrong# Stop for a few seconds of uncomfortable silence to let them feel how you feel The second half of this reprimand is,# Shake hands or touch them in a way, that lets them know you are honestly on their side# Remind them how much you value them# Reaffirm that you think well of them but not of their performance in this situation# Realize that when the reprimand is over it's over.You are more likely to do something when you realize the "Why?"The minute a leader spends is the minute spent in investing in people,the Author noted "most companies spend 50%-70% of their money on people's salaries.And yet they spend less than 1% of their budget to train their people . While others spend more on building and equipment than on people"# everyone is a potential winner some people are disguised as losers, don't let their appearance fool you.# When managing people behavior and worth are not the same thing. People are aware can think for themselves and do not want to be manipulated.One minute manager is a good read that illustratively shares effective people management tips which will work with a good action plan and results tracking system. The book notes 'Goals begin Behaviors and consequences maintain behaviors'

Friday, August 25, 2017

RESETSSION ! This is not a typographical error rather it was the
theme of the grand event organized by Uche Ahubelem Center for Human
Development (UACHD) which held at Shell Hall, Muson Centre at Onikan Lagos on
Wednesday 23rd, 2017. The event had a lineup of great speakers, life-coaches,
entrepreneurs and captains of industries.

The sole aim of the conference was to inspire and mentor
young people with a view to helping them rethink, reinvent and re-channel
their energy while giving fresh drive to their dreams in this period of
recession.

UACHD is the brain child of Mr Uche Ahubelem, a highly
motivated and results-oriented executive specializing in growth, turn
around and value creation. This seasoned motivational speaker and business man
is the Group Managing Director, CEO of Brick Wall Group of Companies,
with investments cut across a wide range from Real estate, Construction, Transport,
Oil and Gas, Shipping and Entertainment.

Uche Ahubelem Center for Human Development. (UACHD) is a not for
profit organization which started in 2015 with the main aim of spotting,
nurturing and equipping the Nigerian youth with the right tools and resources
for them to excel in any chosen fields. UACHD has launched many viable projects
since inception and core at the center of its belief is that national
infrastructure is a waste without human infrastructure.

The programme tagged 'resetssion' which is a blend of two words
'reset' and recession was the 5th edition of the UACHD flagship programme. The
seminar which was well attended by many participants was targeted at helping
young entrepreneurs and individuals overcome challenges while using recession
as a center-point while giving them fresh paradigms within which they can
rethink, re-invent and re-position themselves.

The programme had a lineup of 7 great Speakers who all did great
justice to their topics and shared great value with all participants. The
lineup of speakers were made up of Mr Lanre Olusola,Africa's premier Life, Mind,
Emotions and Behavioral Coach, Ms Abimbola Adebakin,Mr Debo Adejana,an astute
real estate entrepreneur, Mrs Ini Abimbola, Prof Pat Utomi, Prof. Charles
Soludo and the 7th Speaker who was the convener himself Mr Uche Ahubelem.

The programme which began with an opening prayer by Olusegun Ore
(Head ICT, Brickwall group), welcome adrress by K. D Oniyide (Project
Coordinator) followed by introduction of UACHD by Chioma Ogbona (Administrative
Secretary of UACH) and Sponsor's address was read by Zainab Maduagwu. The event
was further spiced up with Break, Question and Answer (Q&A) sessions and
refreshments.

There was so much value shared by the speakers, the first
speaker Mr Lanre Olusola, founder of Olusola Lanre Coaching Academy shared
extensively on 13 mistakes people make during a recession, part of these are,
lack of strategic financial plan, lack of emotional intelligence, gratefulness
and others.

The other speakers did justice to their topics and the event
went on into a very rich Q&A session from which many questions were
entertained and value was also shared.

Some of the points made by the speakers in the Q&A before
delving into final words were; Prof Charles Soludo former Central bank
Governor and economist noted that the need for personal responsibility that
"nobody will teach you how to be great" adding that "you have to
know yourself and follow your passion.."

Mrs Ini Abimbola, CEO and Lead Consultant at Thistle Prixis
Consulting Limited noted that not everybody can go through the rigours of being
an entrepreneur but that people need to search themselves for grit, gut and
determination to start and go through, she said this while sharing from her
experience.

Prof Pat Utomi, leadership and entrepreneurship expert while
answering a question noted that we all have been called to be entrepreneurs or
'co-creators with God' according to the Scriptures in Genesis 2:15 but not
everyone responds to this call, he further shared that success is good but
impact is better and everyone should strive for impact in the long run.

Ms Abimbola Adebakin, CEO for Advantage Health Africa while
answering a question on capital reveals her belief in possibility of
starting a business on zero capital with right priorities and
emphasis placed on building sufficient intellectual and social capital the
Certified performance Technologist and former COO of Tony Elumelu Foundation in
her final words urged participants to seek to apply acquired knowledge to the
end of achieving desired results as this justifies the investment of time and
resources into the event.

Mr Uche also reiterated the need for self-discovery and follows
one's path to success.

I had a great time at the event where I did glean all I could
for the short time I was there. I also had a wonderful time networking and joyfully
gave away two copies of my book, Bright Ideas, to two of the Speakers.

Big thanks to the organizers for this empowerment program. The
event was a success and I believe more testimonies of Successful entrepreneurs
will arise from this event.

Thursday, August 24, 2017

It was a particular morning sometimes last week and I had hopped on a long bus heading towards Lagos Island probably for work, business or for whatever the need was. I got my ticket and I was comfortably seated and no sooner than I sat did I have a pretty lady come sit down on the second chair beside me.

I had just sat down to continue to reading a book and then went on to catch up with emails and numerous notifications from Facebook or WhatsApp. I was drawn into what I was doing and did not even look to my side to engage my bus partner like I usually do. While on-board public buses- especially the long BRT buses, more often than not, I try to engage or chat up the person sitting beside me. This could be a bad or good habit and the experience may vary depending on the nature of the people, but I always like to say an 'hi' no matter what.

I love reading while commuting, it's a luxury you get moving around when not driving but while driving, the experience of listening to audio books is also a time saver- an education behind the wheels, depending on what you listen to.

When I am on Public buses, I do a greeting or a chat with the person beside me if it's necessary , then I will settle down to look around and pore over some pages of a good book as we move along. Once in a while I will sit beside a man or woman who will engage me further than I intended depending on the topic of discussion, some will decry the state of the economy or the weather or what-not or what needs to be and I will air my views with no arguments... some arguments usually are unfruitful, leading really to no fruitful ends.

Now, back to the day and time on the bus with this pretty lady beside me because this is about her, it is her story ...
It is the story of the lady, I had 'wooed' or talked into considering taking her art work to the next level while sitting with me on the bus.

I looked beside me away from the book and she was scrolling through her phone, then I continued reading and enjoying Stepping into Greatness by Francis Wale Oke, a very great book. As the bus moved on and the bouts of breeze began to flow in, I began to notice some activities going on beside, I settled down and enjoyed the story... I mean the lessons or teachings from the book... This time I had to look at my 'neighbor' to know what was really going on...I saw this bright green colored paper craft she held in her hands, she had brought out a tube of white glue from her leather bag and began to fix some shining stones on the well-designed crown craft, at that point I decided to engage her in a short chat, while appreciating her creativity, I got to know about her works in crafts and the business she has around it, I listened until I popped up the question to which she gave an answer that left me dazed!

I asked this lady the question...'How Do you use social media to showcase your arts and crafts'? Then she replied 'I am not a social media person '. I paused to digest or understand her answer carefully. She elicits from her answer a form of seriousness and sense of principle that leaves no time whatsoever for such ‘frivolities’ as being on social media. I was stunned by this response...'Who does that in this age?' I thought to myself.

I actually know a couple of lovely people who will never be caught dead on social media but most of them are not millennial and some even make use of social media as a 'spying or close monitoring tool' yet, they are 'not social media persons'.

I smiled and asked this lady 'Why?' she wasn't going to consider the leverage of social media, she replied, telling me she gets her job mostly through referrals or once in a while from a friend who helped her put something on Instagram sometimes ago. She proved strongly that what if there were no such things as social media platforms, would she not go ahead and do her thing?
Now the bus had almost gotten to her bus top but I did manage to push in a point with an analogy...

I asked If she ran a successful business but she could use some help and here am I as a friend holding to her a cheque for a millionaire dollars to her with no strings attached would she take it from me or just shooed me away without collecting it?

She replied in the affirmative. Then I explained to her the new world that awaits her if she could use the free leverage of social media and stop leaving lots of money on the table.
I went on to share few tips and share some paid solution plan with her to help take her business to the next level.

How does this relate to you?
Are you leaving money on the table or are you ready to take hold of my proverbial 1 million dollar cheque in an online paid class? Comment 'Yes' if this applies to you.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

I am still new to this app or the challenge itself but I plan to raise my writing game to generate more value and profit through writing and speaking ,the discovery of this site will help me meet many goals from writing, blogging to personal development and EBook creation.

I have put myself in a situation to write and produce a new E-book in a very short time, the goal was actually in 24 hours but It's taking longer than that, now I see that creating an EBook from the scratch actually has some other smaller but very important details.

I have therefore gone online to search for helpful tips that would fast-track the EBook creation, distribution and off course, eventual sales and profit making, while that in itself was great work to be done, this book was planned to be released on Tuesday but this might take me a couple of more days, here is an update and my sincere apologies to every prospective reader, consumer or customers of my new EBook.

In my search for these aids, I have stumbled on information of all sorts that can help me in making the book release happen successfully and on time. I have gone on and on reading till I got information upon information till I discovered one tool after another, then Gosh! the 750 words challenge website that gives a daily challenge of writing 750 words per day.

The idea of the website is to encourage people write 'private, unfiltered, spontaneous' but in a daily manner. How best to learn to write than to write and how best to make a habit of any act than to engage in it daily.

Writing these numbers of words daily will really help grow my writing, growth is not always easy, usually It will come at a price but the gains are usually immense.

Following these through will also help push the limits on my blogging and help draw out more value I intend to share in my ongoing 100 Days of Value.

The 100 Days of value happening on Facebook and all my social media platforms is strategic to many goals I am working on in the second half of this year. The challenge began on the 15th of August, 2017 with the very aim of sharing a lot of value with everyone in my space through articles, my blog, Facebook posts, video and along the line returning my podcasts with a more sustainable strategy .

Within these 100 days (now on day 9), I intend to do more of EBook creation while transforming my blog and the way I run it. I have run my blog for over 5 years, beginning from the latter part of my University days, but now I am taking it to the next level where I run it as a business. It has to be run now as a business with all professionalism; my email marketing which is key to all of these is being finalized this week. My blogging platform blogger has served me and I have had an attachment to it over the years, but this relationship might come to an end soon.

I have long contemplated a migration to WordPress and I am ready to explore the unlimited power of blogging on the new platform right now.

I am more of a Speaker than a Writer, but the truth is that while I love writing, I hardly write 750 words most times, I have only written 750 or more words when I am highly Inspired or when i write along some topics of interest or certain circumstances. However, I have learnt that great writers have learnt to write to be inspired rather than wait to be inspired to write! More so, most great Speakers also write great speeches. These mini-challenges within the 100 day challenge will help me work on creating a habit around this.

I am not anywhere close to my Book creation target for the year but I am set to channel the energy in this 100 Day Challenge towards it. The Idea behind the challenge is Growth, in all respects. For my next EBook and a couple of new EBooks that will be released in a frequent order in the next couple of months, I already have most manuscripts ready and fresh contents are also being created along side. I am also leveraging on all past and current contents from all my platforms.

More central to this is the system around it all which is also being created. While the aim is delivering best value, yet I am ready to get it done, perfect and refine it as we go along.

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Ayeni's main mission is to train, educate, motivate, influence, inspire and
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financial mastery and greatness through trainings, coaching and
transformational offline and online engagements.

His work
experience spans through Electrical Systems Engineering (Construction, Telecommunications
and ICT), Inspirational Blogging and Speaking over the past 7 years with 3
books Published on Amazon and vital skills like effective Written and
Oral Communication with strong record keeping-note taking, knowledge and
information management skills, idea generation skills and exceptional
leadership ability under his belt.

He has
strong proficiency in English language, Yoruba, and slight progressive efforts
at French and Chinese Language

Some of his
awards are

MDGsNYSC Certificate of Recognition for awareness creation in the MDGs now SDGs program as Lagos State MDGS MAC( MDGs Awareness Creation) President,Community Sanitation Project and Mentoring of over 22 Senior Secondary School Students.

Emmanuel was
recognized for contribution to the society and as Youth Development
Centre-YDC Volunteer and Youth Ambassador for Lagos State in championing
this campaign online and offline with certificate of recognition and pictures
with the former Nigerian President and other state Ambassadors at the OOPL
Presidential Library.

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